The Trustees received the second biannual report on CSU alcohol policies
and prevention programs, which summarized significant activities that
have taken place on campuses the last two years.

The report shows a trend toward less alcohol use by students and a reduction
in alcohol-related incidents. These outcomes have been achieved over four
years of concerted alcohol abuse training programs, the application of
social norms marketing strategies and partnerships with local enforcement
agencies.

“The CSU alcohol prevention program has earned national recognition
and federal and state financial support,” said CSU Chancellor Charles
B. Reed. “The most successful aspect of the program is that it encourages
students to adopt responsible behavior and to influence each other to
reduce drinking.”

Two key initiatives, funded by the state Office of Traffic Safety, were
developed during the period covered by the report.

The Sober Driver Initiative provided participating campuses with a grant
of $750,000 over two years. The state’s Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control provided a $720,000 grant to local enforcement agencies
to partner with CSU campuses. The grants focused on enforcement, prevention
and education on campuses as well as in the communities surrounding campuses.

The initiative resulted in a 5 percent reduction in the incidence of
alcohol abuse and impaired driving on some campuses. In addition, several
campuses reported marked reductions in alcohol-related activities. For
example, Long Beach reported a 14.7 percent reduction in binge drinking,
Monterey Bay a 13 percent reduction in driving after drinking, and San
Bernardino a 15.7 percent reduction in binge drinking.

The second initiative, the Alcohol and Traffic Safety Initiative, will
provide participating campuses with $750,000 for 2005 and 2006. The initiative
seeks to reduce by 5 percent the incidence of driving after consuming
alcohol by 18-25 year-old students, and to reduce by 5 percent alcohol-related
misconduct by CSU students.

“The CSU alcohol prevention program includes a social norms campaign
that instills the belief that students don’t need to drink to be
socially accepted,” said John Welty, president of Fresno State University
and chairman of the CSU Alcohol Policies and Prevention Program. “We
don’t claim to have solved the problem but we have plenty of evidence
that these programs are making a difference at our campuses.”

All CSU campuses have created alcohol education, prevention and enforcement
programs. These programs have resulted, for example, in fewer alcohol-related
problems at home football games because of training beverage-servers and
increasing law enforcement around the stadiums.

The CSU Board of Trustees adopted the Alcohol Policies and Prevention
Programs in July 2001, creating a national model for other systems of
higher education.

State Budget Update

Trustees heard a status report on the recently signed 2005-06 state budget.
The new budget fully funds the compact for higher education, provides
$235.2 million in total dollars, an increase of 6.5 percent for fiscal
year 2005-06, and ensures enrollment for an additional 10,000 students.

The 2005-06 budget increases the CSU General Fund support by 5.4 percent,
and provides $134 million in new revenue, the first increase after three
consecutive years of budget reductions. The CSU’s general fund budget
for the 2005-06 year is $2.6 billion.

The budget increases financial aid by $23.3 million, bringing State University
Grant funding to $232.6 million. This increase will support an additional
2,700 State University Grants for a total of 101,200 awarded grants.

For the first time in three years, CSU employees will receive a pay increase,
which must be bargained for represented employees. The budget also provides
$26 million in General Obligation Bond funds for capital renewal programs.

The budget also includes $560,000 to expand graduate nursing programs
and $250,000 to increase the number of teacher preparation programs to
produce additional K-12 science and math teachers.

The budget includes an 8 percent fee increase for undergraduate students
and students enrolled in CSU teacher credential programs. Graduate student
fees will increase by 10 percent.

Trustees received information on a proposed revamping of the CSU Student
Conduct Code contained in Title 5. The new version is still under discussion
among CSU officials, students and faculty. Once completed the revamped
version will express more clearly university expectations for student
conduct on and off campus. Among the new areas addressed are proper student
conduct as regards to computer use, university authority over off-campus
behavior, and what the university expects of its students as members of
the learning community.

Campus presidents and vice presidents of student affairs, Academic Senate
members, student association representatives and Student Judicial officers
are discussing the revision. The item will return to the board for action
in September.

San Diego Master Plan Vote Delayed

San Diego State University requested a two-month delay in the vote on
its proposed 2005 Campus Master Plan revision by the Board of Trustees.

“Given the complexity of the information we have presented in the
Final Environmental Impact Report, we feel it is in everyone’s best
interest to allow more time for the Trustees to review the issues,”
said SDSU President Stephen L. Weber. “SDSU will use the additional
time to continue listening to community concerns.”

The plan called for the university to slowly increase its enrollment
capacity from 25,000 to 35,000 full-time equivalent students over the
next 20 years. To support the increased enrollment, the university would
build new classroom and support space, a new residence hall, a new and
larger student union, a hotel, and affordable housing for faculty and
graduate students on university-owned land north of Interstate 8.

Presidential Search

Chair Murray Galinson announced the Trustee members of the presidential
search committee for Monterey Bay. The committee will be chaired by Roberta
Achtenberg and will include Trustees George Gowgani and Bill Hauck. The
first meeting of the committee will be announced in September.

The Trustees also approved:

Amending the 2005/06 nonstate funded capital outlay program to include
a Center for Reading Diagnosis at Monterey Bay, phase I of faculty and
staff housing at Monterey Bay, and Parking Lot F at San Marcos.

Certifying the Final EIR and approving the Campus Master Plan Revision
with enrollment ceiling change for Chico.

Categories and Criteria for the State Funded Five-Year Capital Improvement
Program, 2007/2008-2011/2012.

Approving schematic plans for the College of Business and Economics
at Fullerton, the Student Recreation Center at Fullerton, and North
Campus Faculty and Staff Housing at Monterey Bay.

Amending the 2005/2006, Capital Outlay Program, Nonstate Funded.

Naming an endowed center focusing on the subcontinent of India at
Long Beach the Yadunandan Center for India Studies in recognition of
the support of Uka Solanki and his wife Nalini.

Naming a facility at Northridge the Mary and Jack Bayramian Hall
in honor of a $7.3 million bequest which established the Bayramian Family
Scholarship Fund.

Naming an academic program at San Diego the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay
Nation Institute on Tribal Gaming in recognition of their $5.5 million
contribution to SDSU’s Hospitality and Tourism Management Program.

Approving the issuance of systemwide revenue bonds and related debt
instruments for a hospitality center associated with the Green Music
Center at Sonoma.